Flash-light and battery.



M. MIZRHL FLASH LIGHT AND BATTERY.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5. 191s.

1,282,615. Patented 00u22, 191s..

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To all 'whomt may concern-z' Be it known that I, M0. AMIz'iiAHi, a sub-I ject of the Sultan of Turkey, and a 4resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and Statel of New York, have invented a new 'and Improved Ilash-Light and Battery usual high priced casing.

Another object of the inventionis to construct a dr'ycell battery having every func-- tion possessed by the usual se arate battery,

but havin" also connected t ereto a lamp socket an contact spring also constructed vas to enable me to manufacture and pla'ce upoii the market a dry cell possessing as a.

commercial part thereof a suitable jacket .adapting it as a complete lamp ready forthe lamp bulb. The complete device, exceptthe lamp bulb, being constructed of reliable nature and marketable as a complete useful device at a price not exceeding the usual retail price of a separate battery.

Whereas in the usual practice of flash I. lamps there is employed a casing having movable contact devices of a relatively high grade and costly nature and such movable contact devices being subject to breakage or becoming ont of order and which cannot be n repaired by the layman, I provide a complete flash lamp, ready for the lamp bulb, of such materials that although cheap in construction are suliciently reliable to outlast the battery roper, and so in the-event of breakage or amage the reatest loss irrespective of the lamp bulb, w1 l never exceed the price of an ordinary battery.

Withthe foregoing and other objects in view theA invention consists in the arrangement andcombination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the'exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.`

This invention relates to flash lamps and hasparti'cular reference to the economical Si i-t1nhtersrmnt Patented oet. 22,1918. appunti nieuwe 5,191.9." sermm. f

'- still for the purpose of illustrating a prac tical embodiment thereof reference isv had to i Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved flash lamp complete.

Fig. 2 isavertical central sectional view of the same with the switch open, but indicating m dotted lines the switch closed.

. Fig, 3 is horizontal section on the line 3--3 of Ffig. 2; and ig. 4 is a rear^ elevation of the movable switch button.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings for the urpose ofthis specification it will be un erstood that 10 indicates a dry battery of well known construction and, function, the same including two terminals 11 `and 12of conventional nature and to the latter is connected a lamp bulb socket 13. Y

The base 14of the lamp bulb coperates as usual Vwith a contact stud 15' carried 'by the socket 13, and stud 15 being in position to be engaged by a flexible contact spring` 16 connected to the terminal 11 upon the actuation of a slidablc button 17 movable along a slotlS atthe back wall of the cover 19 of the -batteryg'acket 20. The button 17 is shown proyi ed with a pair of legs 21' which after passing inward through the slot are bent away from each other so as to hold the button in proper frictional engagement with the slotwalls and thence the ends of the legs are bent toward eachy otherso as to lie-above the contact spring 16.

As valready 'premised the lid 19 aswell as the jacket 20 is made of ordinary box material such .as straw board or heavy paper andhence of a relatively cheap construe` tion. The front edge of the cover is provided with a hole 19 which registers with the laterally projecting bore of the socket 13. carried by ythe battery and having its axis arranged horizontal. It will thus be seen that the lamp which may be of any usual or conventional type or construction when its base is projected inward through the hole 19 into the socket will lock the cover 19 in place. v

I wish Ato emphasize particularly the nature and arrangement of the spring 16. Whereas in the usual structure the corresponding element in the high priced stand- I ard' casing is required to bemade of ai superior grade of metal to insure a reasonable degree of reliability, I. have found m actice thator the purpose of thls invention a narrow strip of cheap tin answers every-purpose. The manner of connecting the 1nner end thereof to the terminal 11 and the form of the spring between the terminal 1l and the stud 15 provide ample flexibility :for the operation of the contact sprlng 1n the manner indicated. The socket structure 1sy likewise unusually cheap and yet .no ddiiculty is experienced in my practice 1n 1nsur ing as high a degree of reliability ofelectrical action from this combined battery and casing as is enjoyed in the use or practice of the high priced devices. When the battery becomes exhausted from normal use another may be purchased lncludmg the socket and contact devices ready for the 1ntroduction of the same or another lamp bulb. Therefore at the price of an ordinary battery I produce a complete lamp, battery and casing.

I claim:

1. In a combined flash light and battery, a dry cell battery, a lamplsocket fixed to one terminal of the battery wlthits axis perpendicular to the longer axis of the battery, a

.spring contact connected to the other terminal, a movable 'finger Eiece to. actuate the spring, a cover for the attery mclosing the socket and .contact spring, said cover hav# ing a hole registering with the socket at one side of the battery, anda lamp bulb projecting through the hole into the. socket' thereby holding the cover in place.

12. Ina device of the character set forth, a dry cell batte having a finished jacket of cheap materilof' fixed box-like construction, a cover of similar material slidably f1tted upon said battery jacket a lamp socket and a movable contact mem er for the respective terminalsof the batteryl and located within the cover, the axis of the socket being perpendicular to the directionofapplication of the cover to the jacket, and sald cover havin a hole in alinenient with the socket for t e application 'f alam bulb into the socket, whereby the Iamp' bu b will hold the cover from accidental removal.

3. In a device of the character set forth the combinationof a dry cell battery having a -fixed box-like jacket, a cover` movably connected to the jacket, a lamp socket er manently fixed to one terminal ofthe attery and located within the cover, the mouth ofthe socket being directed laterally toward one side of the cover, the cover having a hole registering with sald socket mouth to receive therethrough into the socket the base of a lamp bulb, a spring contact fixed to the opposite terminal battery at the side thereof remote from the socket, the free` end of the contact being 'bent over and toward the bottom of the socket, and a fin er piece carried by the cover above the spring contactv andmovable into contact therewith to complete the circuit.-

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